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checkpatch: warn when using extern with function prototypes in .h files
authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Wed, 11 Sep 2013 21:23:58 +0000 (14:23 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:58:43 +0000 (15:58 -0700)
commit27fdce43084d5c12ebb527e5b70a5fe1a763a355
treeaba8963ae8efcc2c6ecaa5cb495e53254fa9d7fc
parent769e753ee88d083a70ec6937f2f52cd262a4b5d4
checkpatch: warn when using extern with function prototypes in .h files

Using the extern keyword on function prototypes is superfluous visual
noise so suggest removing it.

Using extern can cause unnecessary line wrapping at 80 columns and
unnecessarily long multi-line function prototypes.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Suggested-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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